Oil or gas burner.



No. 784,507. PATENTED MAR. 7, 1905.

' T. VANTINE.

OIL 0R GAS BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1. 1904.

UNITED STATES Patented March 7, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS VANTINE, OF'NEW OAMBRIA, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO JOHN T. JONES, OF NEW CAMBRIA, MISSOURL OIL OR GAS BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 784,507, dated March '7, 1905.

Application filed November 1, 1904. Serial No- 230,961.

To rtZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, THOMAS VANTINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Cambria, in the county of Hacon and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Oil or Gas Burners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to oil or gas burners.

The objects of the invention are to improve and simplify the construction of such devices; furthermore, to increase their efliciency in operation and to decrease the consumption of oil or gas.

XVith the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in a burner comprising a tray, a suitable tire-brick therein, end plates secured to said tray, a perforated casing supported by said end plates, and means for supplying oil or gas to the interior of said lire-brick.

The invention also resides in the particular combination and arrangement of parts and in the precise details of construction hereinafter described and claimed as a practical embodiment thereof.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a burner constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the end plates.

Like reference numerals indicate corresponding parts in the different views.

The reference-numeral 1 indicates the tray of the improved burner, which preferably is of shallow rectangular form. The tray 1 is supported upon a supply-pipe 2, which is provided with a collar 3, on which the tray 1 rests. The supply-pipe 2 is formed with a small bore 2 and with a plurality of lateral outlet-passages 2 adjacent to its upper end. Seated in the tray 1 is a fire-brick 4, which may be composed of any suitable material such, for example, as lire-clay or asbestos. The fire-brick 4 is formed with a suitable vertical passage 5, into which the upwardly-proend plate 7, such as shown in Fig. 3, said end plate having an arched upper end and being formed at its lower end with notches 8 to produce supporting-wings 9. Resting upon the arched upper portion of the end plate 7 is a casing 10, the lower edges 11 of said casing fitting into the notches 8 of the end plates and the end portions 12 of said casing projecting in a longitudinal direction beyond the end plate. Suitable perforations 13 are formed in the casing 10, the lower perforations serving to permit the entrance of air and the upper perforations the exit of products of combustion. The casing 10 is provided on one side with a door-14 to permit the ignition of the burner.

The operation of the improved burner will be apparent from the foregoing description in connection Withthe drawings. The oil or gas which is fed through the small bore of the supply-pipe 2 passes through the porous material of the lire-brick a and serves to heat the casing. The lateral passages 6 through the fire-brick 4 permit the circulation of air therethrough.

The improved burner of this invention is adapted to take the place of coal or other fuel, as it is inexpensive in construction as well as clean and eiiicient in operation. it can be made of any desired size to fit any heating or cooking stove. Furthermore, it can be used as a stove itself or can be placed in the firebox of a locomotive or stationary engine.

Changes in the precise embodiment of invention illustrated and described may be made within the scope of the following claims without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art to which this invention relates that suitable air-pressure may be employed in feeding the oil or gas to the burner in order to induce more rapid and complete combustion.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A burner comprising a tray, a fire-brick therein, end plates on said tray having notches therein to produce wings, and a perforated casing resting upon the end plates and having its lower edges fittinginto the notches thereof, the ends of said casing extending longitudinally beyond said end plates.

2. A burner comprising a tray, a fire-brick having passages extending therethrough, a supply-pipe extending through said tray and into one of the passages of said brick, a collar upon said supply-pipe resting against the bottom of said tray, end plates on said tray having notches therein to produce wings, and having arched upper portions, a perforated THOMAS VANTINE.

Witnesses:

W. B. GREEK, H. E. TRADER. 

